Exhibit, lecture honor late Palm Beach decorator Polly Jessup

The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach celebrated interior design Nov. 17 with the opening reception for a new exhibit and the inaugural lecture of an annual series named in honor of the late decorator Pauline “Polly” Daniel Jessup.

Palm Beach decorator Leta Austin Foster discussed her work after guests perused an exhibit, “The Grande Dame of Palm Beach Decorators: Polly Jessup,” in the foundation’s Robert M. Grace Library. Open to the public and on view through Dec. 22, the exhibit focuses on Jessup and her career in Palm Beach and New York City.